Tire-setter



[No Model.)

G. MBYERS.

TIRE SETTER.

No. 353,153. PatentedNov. 23,- 1886* fyf? IZ" H Q J Q J5, l i| "ill J9 l 1 K L l di Q J C lli | 'El f i d Jal" D MV@ teruel/S UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

GEORGE MEYEES, 'OE CAMERON, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIRE-SETTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,153, dated November 23, 1886.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE MEYERs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cameron, in the county of Cameron and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Cooling Tires on NVheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specication, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved machine for cooling tires on vehiclewheels, showing the frame supporting the wheel raised and ready to immerse the wheel.

Figo 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same,

and Fig. 3 is a top view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to machines for cooling the tires upon vehicle-wheels after they have been put on the wheels; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a machine in which the wheel may be placed upon aframcsuspended from a lever, which is pivoted at the top of a turning upright, so that the lever and frame may be turned, so as to bring the frame with the wheel from the side of a cylindrical vessel filled with water into the vessel, cooling the tire in the water, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a cylindrical vessel having handles or bails B B at its sides, and having a faucet, C, at its bottom for drawing off its contents. The center of the vessel is provided with a vertical upright, D, and one side of the vessel has an upright, E, having a socket, E, in its upper end. The lower end of a bifurcated rod, G, turns in this socket, and a lever, H, is pivoted between the bifurcated ends, having an outwardly-projecting handle provided with a hook suspended from it, which hook I may engage a hook, J, upon the side of the vessel, keeping the outer arm of thelever tilted down. A frame, K, is pivoted at the middle of its top piece to the inner end of the lever, having a swiveled bolt, L, pivoted to the end of the leoutside ofthe other upon the central upright in thel vessel, and may be placed upon the same or removed, as desired, and the upper end of the uprightis screw-threaded, as shown at It, and a hand-nut, S, may iit` upon this screw-threaded end.

When the machine is to be uscd,the wheel, having had the hot tire placed upon it,may be placed upon the horizontal cross-shaped frame, whereupon the lever and frame may be swung around, so as to bring the frame above the vessel. The hook of the levenmay engage the hook of the vessel while the frame is held raised, and the wheel and frame are so centered that the side pieces of the frame will register with the grooves in the vessel and the bore of the hub will register with the central upright, upon which a sufficient number of sleeves have been fastened to make the upright and sleeves [itin the bore ofthe hub. The frame may now be immersed into the vessel, which is tlled with water, and the tire will be cooled and shrink in a moment of time, the hub being held centered by the upright, so that all uneven shrinking ofthe wheel may be avoided.

Vhen dished wheels are placed upon the frame, the hand-nut is placed upon the upright as soon as the frame and wheel have been immersed, causing it to bear against the hub of the wheel and to prevent the said hub from being crowded out toofar by the shrinking of the wheel, so as to cause the wheel to have too great a dish.

lAfter the tire has been cooled the frame` with the wheel may again be raised, when it may be swung to one side and the wheel re- .moved, and the machine will be ready for another wheel.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. In a machine for cooling tires upon vehi- ICQ ole-wheels, the combination of a cylindrical vessel, an upright at the side of said vessel having asooket in its upper end,l a rod in saidsocket,fa lever pivoted to the upper end of said rod, and a wheel-supporting frame suspended from the inner end of said lever.

2. In arnachine for cooling tires upon vehicle-wheels, the combination of a cylindrical vessel having vertical grooves at diametrically-opposite points of its inner sides, aserewthreaded upright at the central portion of itsv bottom, a supporting-upright at the side of said vessel, a lever pivoted to the upper end of said supporting-upright, a frame suspended from the inner end of said lever, consisting of a top piece and two side pieces, said side pieces adapted to fit and slide in said vertical grooves, a cross-shaped frame having a central aperture secured at the ends of two of its arms to the lower ends of said side pieces, and means for securing the wheel upon said crossshaped frame.

8. In a machine for cooling tires upon vehicle-wheels, the combination of a cylindrical vessel having a screw-threaded upright at the central portion of its bottom, a supporting-up right at its side having a socket at its upper end, a rod turning with its lower end in said socket and having its upper end bifurcated, a lever pivoted between said bifureated ends, a hook upon the outer end of said lever engaging with a hook upon the side of the vessel, a

swiveled bolt upon its inner end, a wheel-supporting frame suspended upon said bolt, and a hand-nut for securing the wheel upon said frame. 1

4. Ina machine for cooling the tires of vehicle-wheels, the combination of a cylindrical vessel having a screw-threaded. upright in its bottom, sleeves fitting detachably upon said upright and upon each other, a hand-nut upon said upright above said sleeves, and a wheelsupporting frame pivotally secured to the side of said cylindrical vessel, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto ai'tlxed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Y GEORGE MEYERS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE BARRETT, BURTON BARRETT. 

